MOLLUSC INSULATED IMMUNOGEN, METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF, DIAGNOSTIC REAGENTS FOR HUMAN BILHARZIOSES, VACCINES AGAINST SCHISTOSOMIASES AND IMMUNIZING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME.

摘要

GLYCOPROTEIN EXTRACTED FROM MOLLUSCS, IN PARTICULAR FROM MEGATHURA CRENULATA, KNOWING HEMOCYANINE, WHICH HAS THE SAME ANTIGENIC PROPERTIES AS THE 38 KD ISOLATED ANTIGEN OF THE SURFACE OF S. MANSONI'S SCHISTOSOMULA, ITS OLIGOSACCHARIDIC EPITOPE. / P P SERUM PROTECTOR IN RESPECT OF S. MANSONI INFECTIONS FROM A MAMMAL IMMUNIZED BY THE MILLUSCANIC HEMOCYANIN, OR ITS OLIGOSACCHARIDE EPITOPE. IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE GLYCOPROTEIN OR THE OLIGOSACCHARIDE EPITOPE AND ITS APPLICATIONS AS DIAGNOSTIC REAGENT, VACCINE AGAINST BILHARZIOSES, IMMUNIZING AGENT, ETC.